Cdn-Firearms Digest Wednesday, October 27 2010 Volume 14 : Number 153 In this issue: FW: Voice Of The Outdoors by Murray J. Martin for October Prince George Citizen - Letter - Time to get tough on crime Saint John T-J - Letter - Who is backing gun control? Abbotsford Times - Letter - False alarm renews respect for Canadian Firearms Summit - Dec 10-12 NY POST: Mayor Bloomberg's plan to slash fees for pistol permits Re: Canadian Firearms Summit - Dec 10-12 Edmonton Journal - Gun murders down 12 per cent TorStar - Gun charges dropped over "contrived" evidence ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, October 26, 2010 1:51 pm From: "Dennis & Hazel Young" Subject: FW: Voice Of The Outdoors by Murray J. Martin for October - ----- Original Message ----- From: Canadian Outdoor Specialists-Murray & Lisa Martin Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:06 PM Subject: Voice Of The Outdoors Murray J. Martin for October VOICE OF THE OUTDOORS by  Murray J. Martin   FIREARM OWNERS PLEASE READ If you are firearm owner, I strongly suggest you pay strict attention to the following as well as get a copy of the present regulations instituted by  the Liberals when they brought in the long gun Register. There are items in this regulation that even I was surprised to find out what a precarious situation every legal firearm owner is in once they purchase a legal firearm from a legal source..Your rights as a Canadian citizen have been placed in jeopardy. You are on the borderline of ending up with a criminal record even if  the firearm is only a replica. Unfortunately there are too many pages of this Long Gun Registry to print in this column but I would suggest you drop  down to the office of the Yukon Fish and Game Association on 509 Strickland and ask for a copy ( about  a half dozen pages). Even if it costs a couple bucks it will help you from getting caught up in the registry. It deals with everything from replicas, starter guns,to hunting and target firearms , transportation, how they must be carried, transporting in a motor vehicle, storage, ammunition  etc.  Incidentally if you check the United Nations Democratic Year Book and travel back into the dirty thirties, this is almost a duplication of what was done in Germany by the Hitler regime. Only when they became into full power, they used the registry to enter homes and permanent seize all flegal irearms. I will leave you with a quote from Thomas Jefferson  we should all take to heart be we firearm owners or not.: The strongest reason for the People to retain the right to bear arms Is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" unquote. SOME QUOTES FROM THE FIREARM ACT Section 10 sub 2 Subject to section (3) , an individual may transport a non-restricted firearm in an unattended vehicle only if (a) when the vehicle is equipped with a trunk or similar compartment that can be securely locked and ((b)) when the vehicle is not equipped with a trunk or similar compartment that can be securely locked, the non restricted firearm is not visible from outside of the vehicle and the vehicle, or part that contains the non-restricted firearm is securely locked.  What about if your vehicle is in a wilderness area and your  firearm  is left in it? If you don't know I strongly suggest you visit the Yukon Fish and game Association office on  Strickland and find out. That is only a small part of the 40 pages of the Act you should look up before "ignorance of the law"you  end  up with a criminal record. After reading the final section 117.15. Toronto  police chief is a prime example of what he directed his officers to do. The went into the registry, checked on who had not registered their legally purchased firearms, and when about  seizing the firearms.That is thanks to the former liberal government introduced registry. Remember, the amnesty period is over and if you have nor re-updated you registry, you could end up with a criminal record and that is serious! I am amazed how comparable the registry is to the registry Hitler also introduced into Germany on the mid 1930s.   HOW CAN I POSSIBLY JUSTIFY KILLING A WILD ANIMAL?  Over the 50 odd years of writing an Outdoors Column in numerous news papers and magazines, I have often been question how I justify shooting a wild animal or bird or even hooking a cruel hook into a fish and worst of all put  them on my plate to eat. I would have to go back to the  late 50s when I became the youngest Conservation Officer in Ontario. From there I studied biology ethology, prospective of animal behaviour, dendrology, wildife management that gave me a factual scientific understanding of the need of hunting and fishing within the realms of wildlife management. Over a period of  three years I wrote a life study of a particular upland bird to a point that  I knew that bird right down to its second of life, first hand, not from a dream land or gut feeling but actual science. Later in life I worked for one of the worlds largest firearm companies. I personally sold to one of Canada's largest suppliers of farm animal meat, millions of rounds of stunning ammunition . The bullets they use to shoot an animal in the head, to stun it ,not killing, and then bleed the animal while it's heart is still beating. No, chickens, cows, pigs and cattle meat does not just  come from the grocery store, it was actually just as alive as a deer or moose, but held in captivity, over it's ankles in it's own  droppings and urine, and killed within the confines of a meat packing plant.. Unlike the deer, moose, bison or caribou I might hunt that are free of chemicals, it is loaded by chemicals by needles and additives thrown into its food. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction but those are the facts. I have eaten everything from snakes, frogs, muskrat, beaver, wild boar , and every big game animal in North America that you can legally hunt . I have also had the pleasure of eating other wild game such as doves, quail, pheasant, grouse and I would say, every migratory bird covered by the act. The nice thing about it  was that, only through human intrusion, they were all free of otherwise chemicals that we throw into every commercial animal and bird found in most grocery stores.Learning just how to cook this type of meat is the key to some of the most enjoyable food on the planet to-day.   Every bird and animal I hunted was managed by the Wildlife Management acts, Migratory Birds act.  Non of these species was on the endangered species Act. If the bluebird, dusky seaside sparrow, whooping crane, many species of falcons and the list goes on, would have been managed within the wildife management plans, they too would be within their peak population today .. These birds are not managed as such, with regards to their numbers, only so many, habitat, waterways , protection as to nesting areas etc.Of course some animals and birds such as the passenger pigeon became extinct back in the 1800 and before the demand by sportsmen's organizations put a stop to market hunting. As for the passenger pigeon, it's numbers  could have not existed in modern times anyway. As well , neither could the vast herds of millions of Bison( buffalo)  could fit into today's world of a domesticated society. If you want to read a factual book on this, read  " American Sportsmen and the Origin of Conservation" by Reiger.  It is an exception good read and actual history of the Conservation movement in North America. It certainly enhances my own private library.   In this century, organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, the many Federations of Anglers and Hunters across Canada and the Yukon Fish and Game Association here in the Yukon, have become a strong and demanding voice for Conservation ( not preservation) of Fish and Wildlife across Canada and I am proud to be a member of a number of these organizations.If you are not  a member of one of these organization, then let you concerns and voice be heard by  joining to-day.Remember, you do not have to take an active part in programs but your financial support is badly needed for their worthwhile cause.   NEWS FLASH   The Environmental Protection Agency waved the limitations on setting fuel that is  ten percent ethanol. The waver applies to fuel that contains as much as 15 percent ethanol. The National Marine manufacturers have apposed the 15 percent ethanol addition. Motor vehicles 2007 or better are OK with such fuels.  The higher ethanol will impact  engines such as  snowmobiles, lawn and garden equipment and other  small gasoline motors. The 15 percent ethanol can cause stalling and other performances of the small engines and possibly repair cost of older vehicles and small motors. When this does hit Canada ,it is hoped the powers to be place into legislation the need to label all gasoline pumps to let consumers know of the higher  ethanol.Make sure  you do not use  such high ethanol in  your smaller motors.    LAST WEEKS  QUESTION: Those who have taken part in forest fires or have studied such a topic know that both dead as well as live fuels helps determine the ignition and spread of fires.  In general, live trees contain between 80 to 250 percent moisture and this is generally highest in the spring. Herbaceous fuels ( plants) also have the most moisture in the spring but become very dry come late fall and peak fire periods,. If you are  going into the profession of becoming a forest fire fighter or into the business of  forestry, one of the most interesting books I have on the subject is Forest Fires by Margaret Fuller and printed by Wiley Press. I would highly recommend this book to those interested in the  behaviour,  management of Firefighting and prevention.   THIS WEEKS  QUESTION Is the soil below the  permafrost warm or cold? This question fits into the Yukon very well and I wonder how many peope really know what the permafrost is all about.You will find this in an excellent book titled "After The Ice Age--the return of life to Glaciated North America." It was written by E.C. Pielou and printed by The University of Chicago..    A QUOTE OF THE WEEK: From Dr. Arbuthnot, Life Of Emerson.... All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies....and I certainly will say Amen to that brother!. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:11:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Prince George Citizen - Letter - Time to get tough on crime http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/article/20101026/PRINCEGEORGE0303/301259959/time-to-get-tough-on-crime Time to get tough on crime October 26, 2010 Re: Prince George Worst City for Criminal Activity, Maclean's article. So, Prince George was deemed the most crime-ridden city in all of Canada by Maclean's magazine: surprise, surprise. The radio stations and news outlets are falling over themselves trying to understand why. A steady procession of so-called experts is trotted out on the talk shows. These are your typical social workers; Canada=E2=80=99s left-leaning types, who spout the usual tired canards as to why the criminal activity is so prevalent in our area . . . unemployment, poverty and their favourite politically correct buzzword, disenfranchised minority groups. Of course that tried and true "blame it on the residential schools" is resurrected, never mind that the majority of criminals who are native are at least three generations removed from any of that. The real reason for crime in Prince George is staring us right in the face on the weekly court reports in The Citizen. Break and enter and theft - one day in jail and a $500 victim surcharge; theft under $5,000, time already served while waiting for trial; assault causing bodily harm earns as little as a suspended sentence; car theft nets two years probation i.e. no time served at all. These sentences send a message to criminals "do the crime and do no time." It's time to really make criminals pay. Take away most of the discretionary powers of judges and impose maximum sentences, especially for repeat offenders. Build more prisons, real prisons like the State of Arizona has. Uncomfortable, harsh places that do not tolerate insubordination or prison gang activity. Inmates not co-operating are placed in solitary confinement for 23 of 24 hours a day. The only way out is voluntary work in the chain gangs. Recidivism in Arizona is very low. Nearly every weekend in Prince George a hold-up at knife point or gun point is committed at a convenience store with traumatized employees fearing for their lives. Home invasions and property crime are one quarter of the rate (on a per capita basis) in Texas. The reason is private gun ownership. Any law-abiding citizen with no criminal record can apply for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. After a compulsory course on safe handling and citizen responsibility with a weapon the applicant can carry the weapon on their person. A home invader is quite likely going to get shot. Bernard McKay Prince George ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:18:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Saint John T-J - Letter - Who is backing gun control? http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/1278481 Who is backing gun control? How convenient of Michael Ignatieff and also David McGuinty to accuse opponents of outside influences in the gun registry battle. It was the Liberals who rammed the gun registry into its present wedge position when they refused to listen to citizens back in 1995. Second, how can either of them ignore the fact that all the professional associations from the Chiefs of Police to the YWCA are under the Coalition for Gun Control umbrella? This group, headed by Wendy Cukier, represents the Canadian arm of the international lobby group IANSA. This is an outside organization attempting to influence Canadian politics. Is that any more right, just because it's done by the left? KEITH LINTON Orono, Ont. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:35:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Abbotsford Times - Letter - False alarm renews respect for everyday actions Sender: owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca Precedence: normal Reply-To: cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/False+alarm+renews+respect+everyday+actions/3727681/story.html False alarm renews respect for everyday actions The Times October 26, 2010 Editor, the Times: Thank you for reporting on an incident that brought me closer to my community (Gangster costume no treat at bank, Times, Oct. 22). I arrived in front on my Coast Capital Bank on Monday, Oct. 18 to deposit a cheque. I parked my car and turned my head. When I looked in the van to my right, I saw a passenger holding a hand gun. Luckily, I had my phone so I immediately dialed 911. Fearing for my personal safety, I began to panic. The dispatcher asked me the right questions and told me to stay on the line. Abbotsford police arrived very quickly (65 seconds) with their weapons available. I realized afterward the young lady was showing her friend part of a costume. The situation de-escalated and the police officer reassured me that I did the right thing. Situations like this can occur at any moment. I believe Abbotsford will continue to thrive as a safe community, if we act now and ask questions after. I grew up in Langley and have lived in Abbotsford for just over a year. Already I feel this area is very new and old community oriented. I wish to thank the police, fire, and ambulance for their every day, "everyday." Gordon Murchison Abbotsford ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:55:28 -0600 From: "Ferolie, Donna P." Subject: Canadian Firearms Summit - Dec 10-12 Is everyone aware of this upcoming Canadian Firearms Summit to be held in Vancouver on Dec 10-12, 2010 ? I found it on the NFA website. Are other firearms club/ organizations planning on attending? Donna F. Calgary, AB ___________________________________________________________________________ Canadian Firearms Summit 2010 Summit: December 10-12, 2010 Join us for a program of guest panelists to discuss collaborative organizing, legal options and political strategy. We will also engage in round-robin discussions designed to develop an ambitious and assertive program, one that enhances and promotes the rights of firearm owners in a visible political campaign. The 2010 Canadian Firearms Summit will be held on December 10 - 12, 2010 at the Empire Landmark Hotel, Vancouver BC. Click here for more information http://www.nfa.ca/canadian-firearms-summit-2010 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, October 26, 2010 4:42 pm From: "Dennis & Hazel Young" Subject: NY POST: Mayor Bloomberg's plan to slash fees for pistol permits NEW YORK POST - OCTOBER 26, 2010 Bloomy's gun-plan backfire By SALLY GOLDENBERG http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bloomy_gun_plan_backfire_nqIFaam6NedDgY77 i42IDM Mayor Bloomberg's plan to slash fees for pistol permits is facing a blaze of opposition in the City Council, with many members saying the move is a misfire for one of the nation's leading voices against gun violence, The Post has learned. Bloomberg is pushing a council bill -- introduced at his request by Public Safety Committee Chairman Peter Vallone (D-Queens) -- that would cut the $340 price for original or renewal applications to between $25 and $110, depending on the type of permit. During a closed-door caucus meeting of about 15 Democratic members of the council yesterday, roughly 10 lawmakers voiced objections to the measure, several sources said. "There's no way I could vote on this. Since I've been in the council, we've voted on numerous bills where fees and fines were increased and it would send a strange message to New Yorkers that the one fine we look to reduce is the fee and fine to permit a gun," Councilman Erik Dilan (D-Brooklyn), who did not attend the caucus, said. City Hall sources said the bill, which seems to undercut one of the mayor's signature causes, is intended to avoid legal battles. "The National Rifle Association is very good, and we don't want to open ourselves up needlessly to legal challenge," one source said. But Dilan called that rationale "very questionable." "I don't know how anybody could . . . speculate that we're going to be sued by the National Rifle Association or any other entity for the fee when it's been set at that rate for several years," he said. Council members are scheduled to meet today with city Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt, who will try to persuade them to support the bill, sources said. Bloomberg announced in May his proposal to decrease fees as part of a broader plan to ease the city's gun-application process. He also announced that the NYPD would accept credit cards for renewal fees and post applications online. The announcement was seen as a response to the 2008 Supreme Court ruling that struck down parts of the gun-control law in Washington, DC, and other legal challenges to gun laws elsewhere in the country. "This bill cuts red tape without reducing our ability to keep guns out of the hands of criminals," Bloomberg spokesman Jason Post said. s.goldenberg@nypost.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:52:51 -0400 From: "mred" Subject: Re: Canadian Firearms Summit - Dec 10-12 Nope never heard of it ..Too far for me to attend in any case. ed/on - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ferolie, Donna P." To: <"cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca"@bogend.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: Canadian Firearms Summit - Dec 10-12 > > Is everyone aware of this upcoming Canadian Firearms Summit to be held in > Vancouver on Dec 10-12, 2010 ? I found it on the NFA website. Are other > firearms club/ organizations planning on attending? > > Donna F. > Calgary, AB > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:57:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Edmonton Journal - Gun murders down 12 per cent http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/murders+down+cent/3731911/story.html Gun murders down 12 per cent Plummet in Alberta gang killings responsible for bulk of national decline By Tobi Cohen, Postmedia News October 27, 2010 Homicide rates across Canada are stagnant and the number of them committed using firearms has dropped considerably, according to new figures that are raising questions about the Conservative government's tough-on-crime agenda. The latest homicide study released Tuesday by Statistics Canada shows there were 179 firearm-related killings in 2009, 21 fewer than the previous year. Most of them involved handguns which are tightly controlled in Canada. This marks a 12-per-cent decline, "reversing the upward trend that was reported between 2002 and 2008," said Sara Beattie of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, which compiles the figures every year based on data provided by police services. Homicide rates across the country are stable -- and have been since 1999 following a decline that started in the mid-1970s -- with 610 reported in 2009, the report said. Stabbings (36 per cent) and shootings (30 per cent) were the most common forms of homicide in 2009 and, as in previous years, a "large majority" of victims knew their assailants. That said, the number of people killed by a stranger last year jumped 17 per cent. While gang-related killings dropped 10 per cent, they still accounted for one in five homicides in 2009. Alberta, which saw 13 gang-related homicides last year, compared to 35 a year earlier, was responsible for the bulk of the drop. By census metropolitan area, Winnipeg had the highest gang-related homicide rate -- 1.17 per 100,000 -- followed by Vancouver at 0.99 and Toronto at 0.54. Overall, Abbotsford-Mission, B.C., had Canada's highest murder rate per 100,000 people at 5.22. Edmonton's was seventh at 2.58, just behind Vancouver at 2.62. Calgary's was ninth at 1.95 and Toronto's was 11th at 1.61. The study also found a significant spike in the number of youths aged 12-17 accused of homicide. In 2009, 78 teens were charged, 23 more than the previous year. "It was the second-highest rate per 100,000 youth in over 30 years," the study said. However, Beattie noted 2008 was a particularly low year and that 78 is consistent with previous years. "This government has been more concerned about making the Criminal Code stricter, more difficult, harsher, more punitive and has cut money to the National Crime Prevention Strategy, has cut money to programs to assist victims, hasn't followed up as it should have in its promises to law enforcement and refuses to deal with issues of drug addictions," Liberal justice critic Marlene Jennings said. "The government should be looking at specific areas where the trend of decline ... is not happening." She pointed to youth gangs as an example and noted Quebec's approach, which has included investments in prevention, social services, family assistance and education, has proven most effective. The study, which found homicide rates were highest in Western and Northern Canada, also suggested more needs to be done to target poverty, addiction, housing and employment in those areas as those are the factors that directly contribute to crime, she said. "I would hope that the Conservative government would actually look at these figures ... and start to rethink their criminal justice agenda," she said, adding the government's recent attack on the census suggests that's unlikely. "They've proven that they're not interested in facts, they're not interested in evidence." A spokeswoman for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said the government stands by its approach and doesn't use statistics as "an excuse not to get tough on criminals." Pamela Stephens said the StatsCan study confirms that homicide rates are "unacceptably high" and that legislation to end early parole for those serving life sentences and toughen sanctions for youth involved in repeat or violent crimes are good ideas. "Canadians want the justice system to be tougher on offenders convicted of serious violent crimes, and homicide is the most serious of all criminal offences," Stephens said in an e-mail. letters@thejournal.canwest.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:08:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: TorStar - Gun charges dropped over "contrived" evidence http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/881600--gun-charges-dropped-over- contrived-evidence Gun charges dropped over "contrived" evidence Published On Tue Oct 26 2010 Betsy Powell Courts Bureau A judge has denounced a Toronto police officer, calling his evidence "disingenuous and contrived" as she tossed out gun charges against a man. In her judgment, which was made Friday and obtained by the Star on Tuesday, Superior Court Justice Nancy Backhouse found Const. Vyacheslav Mihalatyuk's notes and evidence at trial were at odds with how the suspect was described over the police radio the night of the Aug. 28, 2009 arrest. The suspect, Andre Saunders, was one of three men arrested in the parking lot of the Jane-Finch Mall after police spotted a revolver wrapped in a doo-rag on the back seat of a red Honda. Mihalatyuk testified last week he was able to identify Saunders as a person he had seen earlier inside the car. But in the tape recording of the communication, Mihalatyuk said the suspect was wearing a white hoodie and that he did not see his face. Furthermore, when Saunders was arrested, he was wearing a light-coloured jacket - not a hoodie, Backhouse found. During cross-examination by defence lawyer Adam Schultz, Mihalatyuk blamed the inconsistencies on the fact that English is his fourth language and he did not know what a hoodie was. But in her judgment, Backhouse said that explanation "lacks any credibility and is a pathetic attempt to support his lack of truthfulness." She also called his claim that he lied over the radio when he said he had not seen the suspect"s face "disingenuous and contrived." The judge also had problems with the testimony of two other arresting officers, Constables Ahmar Khan and Robert Asner, after finding their evidence about the description was contradicted by the audiotape. The judge said Const. Patrice Armorer was the only "truthful witness" whose notes and testimony "reflected what she saw and was consistent with the radio audiotape." Schultz said Tuesday he is particularly disturbed that Saunders was committed to stand trial last January based solely on the officer"s now discredited testimony. "My client remained in custody because of this . . .," he said. Police spokesman Mark Pugash said, "Toronto police will look at the judgment carefully." lettertoed@thestar.ca ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V14 #153 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator's email: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms/Skeeter/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://www.canfirearms.ca CFDigest Archives: http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next four lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)